Chapter 176: Qin Xu is clever, and Cao Cao is secret
In Xiapi City, Tao Qian accidentally fainted because of the news of Cao **'s sudden killing, which made the entire city diffuse with a sense of panic. The civil and military officials, together with the people in the city, pinned their hopes on Qingzhou Mu Lu Bu, who had come to rescue the Yellow Turban thief Kou and Kan Xuan's rebel party, who was in danger of Pi Zhi.
"This Lu Wenhou is a Qingzhou pastor, whether my Xuzhou was poisoned by that Cao **, it seems to have nothing to do with him, I heard that this Qingzhou and Yanzhou are still allied, can people do their best to help us?" Cao **'s army is coming to the city, this idea has almost become the mainstream, seeing that except for the doll master in Lu Bu's army, who once took people to Cao's military camp, Lu Bu's army did not arrange troops, and did not defend the city, and even seemed to avoid suspicion. It is inevitable that this kind of remarks that Lu Bu wants to sit on the wall and watch are spread everywhere.
The only difference is that as the three major families of Xuzhou who are the pillars of Xuzhou in Xiapi City, the Cao family of military affairs, the Chen family of political affairs, and the Mi family of commercial affairs, they did not stand up on behalf of Xuzhou to negotiate with Lu Bu again, but except for the routine visit to Tao Qian, who was unconscious, one by one, they did not go out, and they were full of hermits. It has reassured many people who want to leave Xuzhou to go north or south for refuge.
The people who have the heart and ability to take refuge but don't even go out of Picheng have never been so envious of the people in Qingzhou, who have always been tired. Although Qingzhou Mu Lu Bu has a reputation that people will slander a few words, at least he doesn't dare to provoke it easily. Even this Cao **, who was "stunned" by the state pastor Tao Gong, who was known as the world's elite Danyang elite soldiers, was a little better in the war against Qingzhou before? Everything is false, only or can you maintain your own family, if you encounter a chaotic army, is it difficult for the ** family to look at your family background to make a knife? With such a great god as Lu Bu in charge, if other forces with other intentions want to get involved, they must at least weigh whether they can withstand the power of the Qingzhou army with good combat power under the shroud of Lu Wenhou's Heavenly Painting Halberd.
"It would be nice if Lu Wenhou was our Xuzhou pastor!" This idea, which had never existed before, had a considerable market among the people of Xiapi with the arrival of Cao Jun and his remarks that he would slaughter Xuzhou. Among them, there are also many people who looked down on Lu Bu's background and the means to obtain the identity of Qingzhou pastor in vain.
"Lu, Lu Wenhou has entered the city!" Just when the people in Xiapi City were panicked and inexplicably discussing because of the Cao Jun camp just outside the city, a surprise voice with a desperate situation suddenly sounded from the north of Xiapi City, almost at an indescribable speed, and word of mouth spread. It seems that just these few words have given a shot in the arm to the hearts of the people of Xiapi, who are already on the verge of collapse, and immediately attracted everyone's attention.
The north gate of Xiapi City was opened early, as if he didn't care that Lu Bu took the opportunity to seize Xiapi City, the 30,000 black-clothed Xuanjia foot soldiers who came from a distance were the ones who defeated several times the besieged city thieves under one blow, and Lu Bu, who was already well-known to the people of Xiapi, was called the elite foot soldier of Qingzhou soldiers, and this time slowly approached Xiapi City, the person who was at the head of the team by several young generals like the stars and the moon, sitting on a red rabbit horse like a charcoal of fire, and holding the Fang Tian painting halberd, Isn't it Lu Bu who is the most talked about in Xiapi City these days?
"Lu Qingzhou is incomparably benevolent and righteous, and he will not abandon my people of Xuzhou after all!" The incendiary words that came out from a corner again at the right time, when Lu Bu approached the city gate, completely ignited the enthusiasm of the people of Xiapi, who had been tortured enough by the pressure of these fears. Then the voices of echoing and echoing came and went, like the stormy waves, unbridled to vent the accumulated negative emotions.
"This eighty percent is Zhong Ming's idea!" Lu Bu pursed the corners of his mouth, glanced back at the carriage that was guarded among the soldiers, and said to the surname Cao beside him as if he didn't care: "That kid has a general, and he is even afraid of so-and-so, but he didn't expect that there would be this old fox's eyeliner in Xuzhou!" Under this pretentiousness, even if there is no real Xuzhou, it has also won the hearts of the people of Xuzhou! ”
"No wonder Master Qin has been persuading the lord not to enter this Picheng easily, you must wait for him to come back from Cao Ying, it turns out that he has such a plan; There is also this famous general raised by the Qin master, no wonder it can make the lord jealous, just this ** ability to make people's hearts, the last general can't learn it even if he learns for a hundred years! The surname Cao has followed Lu Bu for many years, and he doesn't have so many scruples when he speaks, so he responds casually.
"Huh?" I don't know if this sentence surnamed Cao touched Lu Bu's mind, just now Lu Bu, who was full of ambition and satisfaction, and his face gradually faded after listening to the words of the surname Cao. This demeanor fell into the eyes of the people of Xiapi City who got the news and came to the north gate, and they thought that Lu Bu was worried about Xiapi affairs, and secretly had a good impression of Lu Bu, which could be regarded as an unexpected joy.
"General Lu! You must save us this time! ”
"Yes, General Lu, all the 300,000 men and women of the people in Xiapi rely on Wen Hou's protection! You can't leave us behind! ”
Many of the people in the crowd who welcomed Lu Bu into the city with Tao Qian last time didn't care whether they were hindering the march of the army, and knelt down on both sides of the city gate, shouting no, which caused a chorus of echo.
Lu Bu, who has always been demonized because of his bad reputation, has never seen that even in Linzi, which is governed in Qingzhou and has made the people's hearts settled because of the policy of displaced people, he has never received this treatment. Even General Fei, who was going back and forth on the battlefield and facing tens of thousands of troops, was a little excited at this time.
People's hearts! Almost everyone is talking about the people's hearts! What is popular support? At present, the words of the people of Xiapi, who do not seem to act at all, are the best explanation. Lu Bu also somewhat understood why Qin Xu would rather hide in the carriage with the stinky old man Cao Song at this time, and refused to show up again.
"This kid! With such a ability, it seems that it is really time to find someone to take care of it! Seeing that the more they marched towards the city, the more people came to hear the news, and finally even brought the Danyang soldiers of the headquarters to contact Cao Bao, the head of the Cao family in Benzhou, who was connected to Lu Bu, and Lu Bu was blocked by a thick human wall, and after Cao Bao's persuasion, it was a smooth contact with Lu Bu, and it was half a joke and half flattering to say that Lu Bu's popularity in Xuzhou was higher than that of Tao Qian when he entered Xuzhou, so that he almost couldn't figure out who was the pastor of Xuzhou. This sentence made Lu Bu's face look much better, and he even shook his head with a somewhat self-deprecating smile, and muttered in his mouth.
"Wen Hou said who is in charge? These people are just grateful to Wen Hou for standing up at this time, and they spontaneously came to greet them, and hope that Wen Hou will not blame them! Cao Bao also thought that Lu Bu was worried about the defense of Picheng, and was complaining about these people, so he hurriedly explained, and at the same time, he also shouted at the people who were still surrounding him and Lu Bu's army to find a sense of security, and almost hindered Lu Bu's Qingzhou soldiers from entering the city: "Everyone, Lu Wenhou has been stationed in Xiapi this time, and our Xiapi City can be regarded as solid, everyone's safety has been guaranteed, and they are all dispersed, don't let me and others block Wen Hou's army from entering the city so that Cao thieves outside the city can take advantage of it, and take advantage of it!" ”
"Everyone, be quiet!" Seeing that Cao Bao, a local native, couldn't suppress the scene, Lu Bu cleared his throat and said loudly. Unexpectedly, this sentence was faster than Cao Bao's most and useful, under the "enthusiasm" of the people in the crowd to maintain order, in just a moment, the crowd that was still noisy just now calmed down, waiting for Lu Bu to speak. Lu Bu glanced back at the carriage not far behind him again, with a smile on his face, and arched his hand in all directions on the Chitu horse and said loudly to the crowd gathered on both sides of the army: "Thanks to the trust of all the Xuzhou fathers and elders, I am extremely ashamed to do this welcome act. This time it was because Brother Tao Gonggong was invited by the next Pi affair, and he came to Xuzhou because of the friendship of Linzhou, and he wanted to go back after something! But unexpectedly, General Cao of Yanzhou had a slight misunderstanding with Tao Gong, which caused everyone to panic! Qingzhou and Yanzhou have an alliance of friendship, and they are in the situation, and they can't bear to let the people of Pi suffer out of thin air, so now they are temporarily leading the defense of Xuzhou and protecting everyone's safety for a while! Please also ask all the fathers and elders to get out of the way and make the cloth calmly armed! ”
"That Cao ** is now outside the city, let's quickly get out of the way and let the elite under General Lu take over the defense of Xuzhou, in case that Cao ** takes this opportunity to seize the city!" As soon as Lu Bu's words fell, a voice in a dark corner followed Lu Bu's words, which immediately attracted echoes from the surroundings, and they really retreated like a tide.
"Rest assured, General Mulu of Qingzhou will definitely save everyone's net worth! And I have already written a letter to General Cao before, stating the benefits and disadvantages, I believe that with the authority of General Lu, the friendship between the two states of Qingyan, and the misunderstanding between the two states of Yan and Xu, it is not a problem, and there will be good news. Seeing that although the people in Xiapi City temporarily retreated and made way for Lu Bujun, there was still a little doubt and anxiety on their faces, hiding in the carriage, and Qin Xu, who didn't know that the surname Cao had a conversation with Lu Bu, lifted the curtain of the car, hid behind the window and said loudly, causing a lot of injuries, but Cao Song, the old lady of the Cao family with a stinky and ugly face, rolled his eyes. Qin Xu's words sounded like words of consolation at first glance, but when you think about it carefully, they are heart-wrenching! What does it mean that General Qingzhou Mulu will definitely protect the lives of the people of Xuzhou? What is the prestige of General Lu, just a letter can make the menacing army of Cao **, who was scared of Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, have good news? What does it mean to come back after you have completed your career? As a lieutenant before, even if the means of the upper position were a little difficult to see, after all, he had experienced the treacherous political struggles in the Han court. For Qin Xu, who seems to be public everywhere, but in private he is his own words, Cao Song expressed his contempt very much.
At the same time, the one who also showed disdain for Qin Xu's "character" was Cao Ren, the nephew of Cao Song, the old lady of the Cao family. Just when Lu Bu was swaggering and entering the city, in the Cao military camp outside Xiapi City, Cao Ren actually shouted at his lord Cao ** in a normal way: "Lord, just let Lu Bu win the hearts of the people of Xuzhou like this? As if I'm afraid of him? Could it be that this matter is just because of Qin Xu's few words that don't hurt or itch, so it can't be settled? If Uncle and Ang'er are both in Linzi, my Yanzhou will definitely be constrained in Qingzhou in the future! The lord entrusted the old father and eldest son to a thief like Lu Bu, how will you face the world, Meng De? I can't figure it out! ”
"If you can't figure it out, think slowly!" Cao ** quietly listened to Cao Ren's scratches, his face was gloomy like water, and said: "You also know that the old lady is in Lu Bu's army, and we have lost our righteousness, if the news comes out, we will not be laughed at by the world if we are tricked like this by a yellow turban thief?" Moreover, Qingyan Erzhou is an alliance, and the old lady likes to go to the Nalaoshi Ziji School Palace to visit the eldest grandson. Zixiao, I said that you were confused before, could it be that you still think it was a joke? Think about it! Can Tao Qian tolerate Lu Bu being so popular in his own state and county that the hearts of the people are higher than him, a legitimate state pastor? The name of Qingxu and Xu is united, which is actually containment, so that we can wait for the future without worry! You can do that great thing! Besides, you think that there will be a battle in the two states of Qingyan in the end, and I can tell you clearly, this is indeed true, but it is definitely not now! Our main goal now is to pursue Yuan Shu, who has united with foreign tribes to invade our Yanzhou! At present, the Yellow Turban of Xuzhou was defeated and fled westward, and Runan County, the nest of thieves in Yuzhou, was in chaos, and took the opportunity to take this land of Yuzhou as a backing! That's the most important thing! Zixiao, don't forget, Son of Heaven, you've been in the hands of thieves for almost a year! ”
"This ...... Promise! Cao Ren's face turned red and blue, and finally it was as if he had swallowed the most difficult thing in the world. (To be continued.) )